Archive | November 2015

From Fred Itua and Kemi Yesufu, Abuja The House of Representatives yesterday moved to launch an investigation into the management and status of monies contributed to the National Housing Fund (NHF) by civil servants 23 years after its inception. The lawmakers also held that individuals with contributions above 10 years should be allowed to withdraw […]

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From Fred Itua, Abuja ALL Progressives Congress (APC) Senators yesterday shut down moves by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to summon President Muhammadu Buhari, who is also the Minister of Petroleum Resources, to appear before the Senate over the biting fuel scarcity. In a motion sponsored by Senator Barau Jibrin (APC, Kano North) and […]

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ABUJA—The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, invited the All Progressives Congress, APC, to forward a replacement for Prince Abubakar Audu, its dead candidate in the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election, thereby throwing up fresh legal and political firestorm in the state. The INEC decision followed a pronouncement to that effect by the Minister of […]

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Several days after, the protests ignited by the agitation for the unconditional release of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, continue to gather momentum, sweeping through the South East and parts of the South-South like a hurricane. The protesters are irked by the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu by the […]

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Enugu – The 82 Division of the Nigerian Army has warned agitators for Biafra that they are now crossing the red line and that its officers and men are battle-ready. The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) the division, Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, told newsmen in Enugu that the army would not fold its hands while such […]

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The current hiking in the price of PMS in the country is really disturbing. According to Nigerian Gossip investigation for the past weeks the price of petrol has really escalated from normal NNPC price 87 naira to 200 naira in so many states. According to a motorist name withheld said that he bought fuel at […]

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The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Gu Xiaojie, on Tuesday said that the Chinese government would henceforth sanction any Chinese company that would disobey Nigeria’s local content and labour laws. Gu made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Lagos following complaints by some Nigerians that the companies were not obeying Nigerian labour laws. […]